Tag: 100 TPC
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Humanity vs. Life
by Ahmed Salah and Maabad Said (Maabad) Bailiff : ALL RISE… The honorable judge now resides… (Ahmed Salah) Judge : please be seated… (Maabad) Bailiff : The case : Humanity vs. Life with the charges of oppression This court is now in session Prosecution (Humanity) ******************************* (Ahmed Salah) I wanna make a resolution against life just…
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Choice of Stake
by Harum Mukhayer A fine configuration of time and place A closing distance of open space Not knowing when the end began We do, knowing only that we can An error on the choice of stake They live to conquer and give to take. Proclaimed transparent, To speak true, Concealed apparent, That wretched hue. Yet,…
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How to Teach to Change the World
by Rasha Hamid Read them Langston Maya El Tayyib Polacco Wrap them in the promise and power of words Call them Writers Mathematicians Dancers Dreamers give them tools to make them a world Elicit their questions But withhold answers that they might seek their own truths Allow them their names Your tongue will not break…
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Nowadays
by Rayan Fareed In a way I have became cynical…. but I guess nowadays its just a pass code To a life where the past has been set to explode In the face of the cluelessley unforgiving present You see nowadays I’d rather get-out than stay … there ain’t much to live or die for…
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Composition
by Sadig Gasim Mukhayer Day 1: We have been invaded Evaded, the stayed shots that made it Past the walls I barricaded Forced to face this occupation That I unwillingly part take in A force that foresees the fall of all in haste when Its rise it sees as necessary action To fractions from the…
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4 O'clock Observing
by Omer Mahjoub It’s 4 O’ clock in the morning I’m contemplating change while I’m yawning At the same time I’m tired of mourning There must be more than unexplainable grief and sad rhymes These sad times help me realize how time flies And how change is the only constant truth In this universe in which…
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Change of Dreams
by Ahmed Gihad Ibrahim Looked into the sky where did all of his dreams go Can he make them happen or with tears make them grow They taught him never give up on your dreams Reach to the skies and don’t fall on your knees He wished he could meet who told him that Even…